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考研英语二（阅读）模拟试卷18(题后含答案及解析)

全部题型2.ReadingComprehension

SectionIIReadingComprehension

PartADirections:Readthefollowingfourtexts.Answerthequestionsbelow

eachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.(40points)

What’stheenginethatdrivesAmericanbusiness?Innovation?Sweat?

Capital?Trycoffee.Fromtheshopfloortotheboardroom,Java—andIdon’tmean

thesoftware—fuelsworkersandshapesofficeculture.What’smore,asteamingcup

ofcoffeemaybeasgoodforyourhealthasitisforthebottomline.Manypeople

taketheircoffeewithasmalldoseofguilt,worriedthatitisn’tgoodforthebody.

That’samisunderstandingfromstudiesdoneinthe1950sand1960sshowingthat

coffeedrinkerswerepronetoheartdiseaseandothersufferings.Thesestudiesfailed

toaccountforcigarettesmoking,whichoncewenthandincupwithcoffeedrinking.

Sincethen,themedicalcommunityhasdoneagradualturnonthehealtheffectsof

coffee.Large,long-termstudiesshowthatcoffeedoesn’tpromotecancerand

mayevenprotectagainstsometypes.It’ssafefortheheart—sosafethattheAmerican

HeartAssociationsaysit’sOKforheartattacksurvivorstohaveacuportwoaday

evenastheyrecoverinthecoronarycareunit.Resultsfromthelong-runningHealth

ProfessionalsFollow-UpandNurses’Healthstudiesshowthatdrinkingcoffeecuts

theriskofdyingearlyfromaheartattackorstroke.It’spossiblethatthebean

improvesproductivity,too.Abitofcaffeinewakesupmilli